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The wires running in every direction. problem was solved when Richard Come clean; isn't it a wonder that you turned up with a handful of those haven't burned up more relays and colored plastic decorations which boys had more "shorts" than you have? wind around the spokes of their biHow in thunder did you wire in that last switch machine without setting springy plastic, spirally wound to form fire to the place? Oh, so it took you a 10" tube of about MB" inside diama whole night running out the lines to be sure you were right? as a single loop and a couple of sid- many colors and are very cheap. We ings. No wiring to speak of. Then, standardized on six colors. like Topsy, it "just growed" until now i -. t: 1. cycles. They consist of a strip of eter-similiar, on a small scale, to the gimmicks one buys to protect Sure, we know your layout started telephone cords. The tubes come in Due to their spiral construction, it takes an hour to run out a simple these tubes enjoy the advantage of circuit and shoot trouble on it. After easy application to wiring that is ala look under that benchwork, I guess ready installed. For marking wires, you will agree with me that no matter we standardize on sections of tubing , how modestly you may start, you will two turns (about %") long. At first be wise to set up some system of wire we tried cutting the markers off the identification. rnain length of tubing before applying 6'fa,»- *JL/-4036=4-,-1-1.1/7•1417 3 ·:9.. '-'TttEIFI•Efi.......If-is•----..#41.#cl lb' 1 Ii.tii.. li•&-• 1, #:tAugust 1952 f ka %='•2/6-4"mp='--=D-/CME "Come, now-surely 7011've heard of model railroading. 3, 042 042 4» \» 5, A '1 / -000 11•11 It -7*bl•]CED!:EoCEZI•IIigICE:j 1111 2"Y.;=P,-311 11 1 '* 042 Not a kit-fully assembled ready for use. 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